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To George Washington from Harriot Washington, 26 February 1796

From Harriot Washington

Mill-Brook [Va.] Febry 26–96

I now take up my pen to answer my dear and Honord Uncle’s letter of February 17th1 though when it will reach you I cant pretend to say as I am now at Matipony2 where there are very seldom opportunity to Fredericksburg also to express my thanks for your unbound’d kindness in sending the money requested it did not get here time enough but Aunt Lewis was so kind as to trust me therefore I paid her the sum lent immediately on receiving your letter3 Aunt Lewis join’s me in love to you and Aunt Washington. I am my dear & Honor’d Uncle your affectionate Neice

Harriot Washington

ALS, ViMtvL.

1. GW’s letter has not been found.

2. The Po River, on which Mill Brook was located, is a tributary of the Mattaponi River.

3. GW sent $10 to Harriot with his letter of 17 Feb. (Cash Accounts, 29 Sept. 1794–17 Aug. 1797, RPJCB).

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    “To George Washington from Harriot Washington, 26 February 1796,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-19-02-0405. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 19, 1 October 1795–31 March 1796, ed. David R. Hoth. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, p. 503.]

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